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Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 6:11:56 AM   
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A little bit of irony to start the day

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Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations


Political donations by News Corp., its employees and their families were evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with President Obama the all-time leading recipient, according to a report from the Sunlight Foundation.

The transparency watchdog noted Tuesday that Democrats received 51 percent of contributions while Republicans received 49 percent, despite the firm's highly publicized links to the GOP, such as a $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association in August.

News Corp. is the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and Fox News, among others. The firm is currently under scrutiny in both the U.S. and U.K. over allegations its subsidiary News of the World hacked into voice mail accounts and bribed public officials.

Full article here


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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 6:16:08 AM   
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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 6:24:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		Not very surprising the black WASP was at the front of the queue.

The Murdoch also supported Hillary Clinton, too. If the GOP stalwarts ever figured out just how much of their defeat  in the last presidential election carried out with a wink and a nod from New Corp's top end . . . .



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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 6:26:33 AM   
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Not an overwhelming advantage.

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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 6:27:57 AM   
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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 6:29:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		Just like many other corporations. Hedging their bets and hoping it pays off one day.

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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 6:36:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		51/49, no matter which way, looks about as "Fair and Balanced" as "Fair and Balanced" could be...certainly significantly more "Fair and Balanced" than ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, NYT, WaPo et al.

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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 6:38:43 AM   
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Try and keep up.

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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 6:44:32 AM   
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51/49, no matter which way, looks about as "Fair and Balanced" as "Fair and Balanced" could be...certainly significantly more "Fair and Balanced" than ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, NYT, WaPo et al.


How much did CNN contribute to campaigns?  you got some numbers on that?

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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 6:57:35 AM   
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He has given an awful lot of money to Democrats.

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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 7:05:45 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Sanity


A little bit of irony to start the day

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Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations


Political donations by News Corp., its employees and their families were evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with President Obama the all-time leading recipient, according to a report from the Sunlight Foundation.

The transparency watchdog noted Tuesday that Democrats received 51 percent of contributions while Republicans received 49 percent, despite the firm's highly publicized links to the GOP, such as a $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association in August.

News Corp. is the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and Fox News, among others. The firm is currently under scrutiny in both the U.S. and U.K. over allegations its subsidiary News of the World hacked into voice mail accounts and bribed public officials.

Full article here



Does this mean you're throwing Murdoch and FOX under the bus?

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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 8:17:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		He also points out the top recipients from the firm's political action committee, News America Holdings, in the 2009-10 election cycle were Reps. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.).


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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 8:22:45 AM   
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Just like many other corporations. Hedging their bets and hoping it pays off one day.

You've got it. One bribes those in office or power...not out. Then raise or give money to hire you want in, so you don't have to bribe...like the repubs they are already on the payroll of K St..

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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 8:37:29 AM   
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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 9:12:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		Whoever has the power receives the largess... this is proof that News Corp is into buying influence more than it has a partisan agenda as a corporation... but that does not mean that the business model of News Corp isn't to profit off the idiocy of their audience. This is why they own so many tabloids and turn respected papers into tabloids...

Everyone knows that communications companies give money to both sides, and if one side is trending better than the other, that is the side that they will weigh their contributions toward

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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 9:16:00 AM   
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News Corp isn't to profit off the idiocy of their audience.



Compared to the idiots that think Media Matters is independent?

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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 9:20:55 AM   
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So we know what rupert got from republicans, for his donations to them.



What has rupert gotten from President Obama?



We should also count most of fox`s operating budget as an in-kind donation, to the grand oil party.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn3Emo2GgDE



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRK9Pkf_tXQ



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XBM8KwJ-iE



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QmsoLbFMDg&feature=relmfu


If that`s what rupert got for his money,someone got had.








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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 9:26:13 AM   
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News Corp isn't to profit off the idiocy of their audience.



Compared to the idiots that think Media Matters is independent?



I didn't know that Media Matters was a for profit corporation that donates to candidates.


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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 9:27:16 AM   
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News Corp isn't to profit off the idiocy of their audience.



Compared to the idiots that think Media Matters is independent?



I didn't know that Media Matters was a for profit corporation that donates to candidates.



Theres apparently a lot about Media Matters and George Soros you dont want to know.

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RE: Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations - 7/20/2011 9:32:23 AM   
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